I think an ideal social media for amateur artists would be one that allows the user to display a gallery or portfolio, and at the same time provide a space for the formation of communities. That's just an opinion, of course, and it doesn't mean that's what I'm looking for.
I think Tumblr, DeviantArt and Instagram are the three major ones right now, but I can't see how any positive aspect of them outweigh the negatives. I'm hoping someone will shed some light on me and convince me to use one of those or another social media.
I know that Tumblr started banning pornographical stuff and mistargeted the LGBT community, both a big part of its userbase I think. So people have been claiming it's dying. I wouldn't like to join it and lose my time. Also, the search function is terrible. I don't like how the best way to connect collectively is through reblogs and notes.
Now, DeviantArt fills all the "requirements" I mentioned, but that place is just an endless sea of fetishes. I'm not advocating for its destruction, I simply think it's disconcerting to enter the website and see feet, people tied and poneys having sexual thoughts on the home page. If there's a way to avoid this and join unrelated communities in there, I'd love to know.
Instagram is just self absorbed and the human interaction is reduced. It's more about feeding addiction and endlessly scrolling than producing art. Also, I'm not very keen on giving Mark Zuckerberg money.
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